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Definition of epidemic in English: epidemicnoun ɛpɪˈdɛmɪkˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk 1A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. （传染病的）流行，传播 流感的流行。 Example sentencesExamples - The worst scenario for the current SARS epidemic would be if it stormed into China's vast rural areas.
- Although scattered outbreaks occurred earlier, the first major yellow fever epidemics in America broke out during the 1790s.
- Doctors there were seeing many cases of diarrhoeal disease and feared epidemics of dysentery and cholera.
- The U.S. government is preparing for a global flu epidemic.
- Vaccination is currently below the level needed to avoid epidemics of measles - a potentially life-threatening infection.
- In recent weeks an epidemic of measles broke out.
- The current cholera epidemic sweeping the nation needs the urgent attention of both authorities and the affected communities.
- The hugely controversial contiguous cull of livestock to combat the foot-and-mouth epidemic was stoutly defended by the Government.
- The foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping Europe and causing the cancellation of numerous race meetings will not affect Spain's bullfighting season.
- So children were dying in very large numbers from epidemics of infectious illness.
- Some Indian tribes experienced epidemics of measles and influenza, with infant mortality rates reaching 50 percent.
- As a result the country's cholera epidemic continues, with more than 140,000 cases since August 2000.
- So, you might not be aware there's a problem unless a virus epidemic occurs.
- I remembered hearing about the cholera epidemic which had struck just before I was born.
- Well below sea level, it suffered from floods and devastating yellow fever epidemics.
- A current topic of conversation is the world-wide SARS epidemic.
- They are there throughout one's lunch, determined to cause an epidemic of dyspepsia.
- The ship's cook came down with the mumps and an onboard epidemic occurred.
- Between 1555 and 1559 an influenza epidemic swept through the lowlands of England and Wales and killed around 200,000 people.
- Is the government capable of preventing a bird flu epidemic?
Synonyms outbreak, plague, scourge, infestation widespread illness/disease Medicine pandemic, epizootic formal recrudescence, boutade - 1.1 A sudden, widespread occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon.
蔓延；盛行；猖獗 an epidemic of violent crime 暴力犯罪的猖獗。 Example sentencesExamples - A few years later the heroin epidemic swept through Harlem and was devastating.
- Now, each individual loss is a tragedy for the family, but we're not saying that there's an epidemic of crime in the United States.
- Every year there seems to be a new crime wave epidemic that the media seems to play up, but six months later they've forgotten about it.
- It was around this time that the heroin epidemic in Dublin was really bad and a number of people had died.
- On the other side of the comic-coin, the Government and the police are exploring rather curious ways of dealing with the crime epidemic.
- Oppressed groups - at least those we've talked about here - were oppressed before a heroin epidemic took off.
- Hunger and oppression have spawned an epidemic of violent crime.
- What she uncovers is an epidemic of unimaginable proportions within the world's most prosperous nation.
- It was just at the start of the heroin epidemic that laid waste to Scotland's most vulnerable estates.
- Only some months ago, in the face of an epidemic of heroin deaths, they miraculously produced mobile vans and suddenly found extra places for addicts.
- What's behind the nation's fatness epidemic?
- To be more specific, there is an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse.
- We have a sudden epidemic of obesity that has emerged over the past 15 years.
- A number of approaches should be explored to combat the growing obesity epidemic.
- The historical cases - including the two we have worked on - suggest that ‘open marginality’ describes groups where heroin epidemics occur.
- The harshness of these practices would suggest that we are in the throes of an epidemic of school violence.
- I do not mean that the recent phenomenon of substance abuse epidemics and passive welfare has turned good health into bad.
- Poverty adds to the likelihood of a heroin epidemic, because it amplifies the role of the underground economy.
- The idea of UV lights in public laboratories was first pioneered in Edinburgh, a city with a heroin epidemic.
- The epidemic of gun violence in our society calls for some drastic solution.
Synonyms spate, rash, wave, explosion, eruption, outbreak, outburst, flare-up, craze flood, torrent, burst, blaze, flurry upsurge, upswing, upturn, increase, growth, rise, mushrooming rare ebullition, boutade
adjective ɛpɪˈdɛmɪkˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk Of the nature of an epidemic. 流行（性）的；流传极广的；盛行的 shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions 商店扒窃已极为猖獗。比较ENDEMIC ，PANDEMIC ，EPIZOOTIC。 Compare with endemic, pandemic, epizootic Example sentencesExamples - When a sickness reaches epidemic proportions, there is a frantic search for a cure.
- Scalp ringworm is reaching epidemic proportions in parts of Britain's cities.
- HIV has reached epidemic proportions in India.
- Although Type 2 diabetes mellitus appears in almost epidemic proportions our knowledge of the mechanism of this disease is limited.
- The disease assumed epidemic proportions for the first time in Taiwan in 1998, claiming 70 lives.
- Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in this country, particularly among the Aboriginal population.
- The body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, is a vector of epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever.
- Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that has reached epidemic proportions.
- Typhoid fever had risen to epidemic proportions among migrant workers in the borough communities of London during this time.
- The incidence of skin cancer is increasing by epidemic proportions.
- They got the message across effectively enough to stop the disease reaching epidemic proportions.
- Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Ireland.
- During this earlier period (and to a certain extent even now), middle ear disease was of epidemic proportions in the north.
- The nineteenth century developed a number of causative theories for the finite nature of epidemic disease.
- Asbestos disease is reaching epidemic proportions in Australia.
- A timebomb disease has reached epidemic proportions in East Yorkshire with specialists seeing more and more cases of a once-rare fatal cancer.
- Cardiovascular disease has reached near epidemic proportions in Africa.
- In the end the disease could spread in epidemic proportions.
- In short, humanity faces a growing global mental illness crisis of epidemic proportions.
- The prevalence of obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions.
Synonyms rife, rampant, widespread, wide-ranging, extensive, sweeping, penetrating, pervading global, universal, inescapable, ubiquitous prevalent, predominant Medicine endemic, pandemic, epizootic
OriginEarly 17th century (as an adjective): from French épidémique, from épidémie, via late Latin from Greek epidēmia 'prevalence of disease', from epidēmios 'prevalent', from epi 'upon' + dēmos 'the people'. democracy from late 16th century: The word democracy came directly from French in the mid 16th century, but goes back to Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ and kratia ‘power, rule’. Demos is also the source of demagogue (mid 17th century) where it is combined with agōgos ‘leading’, and epidemic (early 17th century) which comes from epidēmia ‘the prevalence of disease’ which goes back to epi ‘upon’ and dēmos ‘the people’.
Rhymesacademic, alchemic, endemic, pandemic, polemic, totemic Definition of epidemic in US English: epidemicnounˌɛpəˈdɛmɪkˌepəˈdemik 1A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. （传染病的）流行，传播 流感的流行。 Example sentencesExamples - So children were dying in very large numbers from epidemics of infectious illness.
- The U.S. government is preparing for a global flu epidemic.
- The foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping Europe and causing the cancellation of numerous race meetings will not affect Spain's bullfighting season.
- The current cholera epidemic sweeping the nation needs the urgent attention of both authorities and the affected communities.
- Is the government capable of preventing a bird flu epidemic?
- I remembered hearing about the cholera epidemic which had struck just before I was born.
- As a result the country's cholera epidemic continues, with more than 140,000 cases since August 2000.
- Although scattered outbreaks occurred earlier, the first major yellow fever epidemics in America broke out during the 1790s.
- Doctors there were seeing many cases of diarrhoeal disease and feared epidemics of dysentery and cholera.
- Some Indian tribes experienced epidemics of measles and influenza, with infant mortality rates reaching 50 percent.
- Vaccination is currently below the level needed to avoid epidemics of measles - a potentially life-threatening infection.
- Between 1555 and 1559 an influenza epidemic swept through the lowlands of England and Wales and killed around 200,000 people.
- Well below sea level, it suffered from floods and devastating yellow fever epidemics.
- So, you might not be aware there's a problem unless a virus epidemic occurs.
- In recent weeks an epidemic of measles broke out.
- The worst scenario for the current SARS epidemic would be if it stormed into China's vast rural areas.
- The ship's cook came down with the mumps and an onboard epidemic occurred.
- The hugely controversial contiguous cull of livestock to combat the foot-and-mouth epidemic was stoutly defended by the Government.
- They are there throughout one's lunch, determined to cause an epidemic of dyspepsia.
- A current topic of conversation is the world-wide SARS epidemic.
Synonyms outbreak, plague, scourge, infestation - 1.1 A disease widely occurring in a community at a particular time.
（传染病的）流行，传播 Example sentencesExamples - Where resources are scarce and epidemics such as tuberculosis and HIV infection are rife, managers may see providers only as pairs of hands.
- He likened Aids to epidemics such as the bubonic plague, leprosy and smallpox, which ravaged parts of the world in previous historical epochs.
- Millions of Thai chickens were slaughtered to fight the epidemic earlier this year.
- Rest assured that only on rare occasions do epidemics such as bubonic plague in India and diphtheria in Russia present a much more widespread threat.
- This neglect contributes to the emergence of public health crises, including epidemics like HIV, hepatitis, and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
- 1.2 A sudden, widespread occurrence of a particular undesirable phenomenon.
蔓延；盛行；猖獗 an epidemic of violent crime 暴力犯罪的猖獗。 Example sentencesExamples - Only some months ago, in the face of an epidemic of heroin deaths, they miraculously produced mobile vans and suddenly found extra places for addicts.
- Oppressed groups - at least those we've talked about here - were oppressed before a heroin epidemic took off.
- The historical cases - including the two we have worked on - suggest that ‘open marginality’ describes groups where heroin epidemics occur.
- The idea of UV lights in public laboratories was first pioneered in Edinburgh, a city with a heroin epidemic.
- It was around this time that the heroin epidemic in Dublin was really bad and a number of people had died.
- It was just at the start of the heroin epidemic that laid waste to Scotland's most vulnerable estates.
- What's behind the nation's fatness epidemic?
- To be more specific, there is an epidemic of methamphetamine abuse.
- The epidemic of gun violence in our society calls for some drastic solution.
- The harshness of these practices would suggest that we are in the throes of an epidemic of school violence.
- On the other side of the comic-coin, the Government and the police are exploring rather curious ways of dealing with the crime epidemic.
- A few years later the heroin epidemic swept through Harlem and was devastating.
- Now, each individual loss is a tragedy for the family, but we're not saying that there's an epidemic of crime in the United States.
- I do not mean that the recent phenomenon of substance abuse epidemics and passive welfare has turned good health into bad.
- Every year there seems to be a new crime wave epidemic that the media seems to play up, but six months later they've forgotten about it.
- What she uncovers is an epidemic of unimaginable proportions within the world's most prosperous nation.
- Hunger and oppression have spawned an epidemic of violent crime.
- Poverty adds to the likelihood of a heroin epidemic, because it amplifies the role of the underground economy.
- A number of approaches should be explored to combat the growing obesity epidemic.
- We have a sudden epidemic of obesity that has emerged over the past 15 years.
Synonyms spate, rash, wave, explosion, eruption, outbreak, outburst, flare-up, craze
adjectiveˌɛpəˈdɛmɪkˌepəˈdemik Of the nature of an epidemic. 流行（性）的；流传极广的；盛行的 shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions 商店扒窃已极为猖獗。比较ENDEMIC ，PANDEMIC ，EPIZOOTIC。 Compare with endemic, pandemic, epizootic Example sentencesExamples - They got the message across effectively enough to stop the disease reaching epidemic proportions.
- Typhoid fever had risen to epidemic proportions among migrant workers in the borough communities of London during this time.
- HIV has reached epidemic proportions in India.
- Scalp ringworm is reaching epidemic proportions in parts of Britain's cities.
- The prevalence of obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions.
- In short, humanity faces a growing global mental illness crisis of epidemic proportions.
- Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in this country, particularly among the Aboriginal population.
- Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that has reached epidemic proportions.
- Although Type 2 diabetes mellitus appears in almost epidemic proportions our knowledge of the mechanism of this disease is limited.
- In the end the disease could spread in epidemic proportions.
- The incidence of skin cancer is increasing by epidemic proportions.
- The body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, is a vector of epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever.
- During this earlier period (and to a certain extent even now), middle ear disease was of epidemic proportions in the north.
- Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in Ireland.
- A timebomb disease has reached epidemic proportions in East Yorkshire with specialists seeing more and more cases of a once-rare fatal cancer.
- The disease assumed epidemic proportions for the first time in Taiwan in 1998, claiming 70 lives.
- Cardiovascular disease has reached near epidemic proportions in Africa.
- Asbestos disease is reaching epidemic proportions in Australia.
- When a sickness reaches epidemic proportions, there is a frantic search for a cure.
- The nineteenth century developed a number of causative theories for the finite nature of epidemic disease.
Synonyms rife, rampant, widespread, wide-ranging, extensive, sweeping, penetrating, pervading
UsageA disease that quickly and severely affects a large number of people and then subsides is an epidemic: throughout the Middle Ages, successive epidemics of the plague killed millions. Epidemic is also used as an adjective: she studied the causes of epidemic cholera. A disease that is continually present in an area and affects a relatively small number of people is endemic: malaria is endemic in (or to) hot, moist climates. A pandemic is a widespread epidemic that may affect entire continents or even the world: the pandemic of 1918 ushered in a period of frequent epidemics of gradually diminishing severity. Thus, from an epidemiologist's point of view, the Black Death in Europe and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are pandemics rather than epidemics OriginEarly 17th century (as an adjective): from French épidémique, from épidémie, via late Latin from Greek epidēmia ‘prevalence of disease’, from epidēmios ‘prevalent’, from epi ‘upon’ + dēmos ‘the people’. |